this is just a really, really great song.

okay, so the other day my boss was out of the office for most of the day so i listened to yrock pretty much all day and heard a few songs that made me go "holy crap that's awesome!" i have since got each of the individual songs, plus a few others from each band (through itunes and various other sources) and i like them all, and so am thinking of ( Read more... )

van morrison, "glad tidings"

cat power, "i don't blame you"

oh and also the whole album "you are free." yes.

sparklehorse, "chaos of the galaxy (happy man)"

nick cave, "west country girl"

van morrison "these dreams of you"

okay, maybe not so much the profit part ( Read more... )

comment and i'll give you a letter (if you're interested). in your journal, list 10 of your favorite songs that begin with that letter. [i tried to do this once before, but somebody gave me an impossible letter.] this time, labyrinthyne gave me R ( Read more... )

( friday random however-many-i-feel-like )

it sometimes seems to me that most rock music critics fancy the "critic" part of that rather more than they do the "music" bit. (peter o'toole's "ratatouille" food critic comes to mind.) seriously, do they even listen to the albums they review? think about what they're hearing, for even half a minute? pop music, even relatively uninteresting pop ( Read more... )

"(come on) let's go!" has to be close to the most perfect rock-pop song ever written.

thank you; that is all.

so, i'm not gonna say how, but i have (among, i assume, many many others) come into possession of the as-(just)-yet-unreleased new smashing pumpkins album. and i don't want to speak too soon, but... i think it's good. like, really good.

that's all.

...for now.